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Magnetic monopoles in multi-vector boson theories
A classical solution for a magnetic monopole is found in a specific
multi-vector boson theory. We consider the model whose gauge
group is broken by sigma-model fields (\`a la dimensional deconstruction) and
further spontaneously broken by an adjoint scalar (\`a la triplet Higgs
mechanism). In this multi-vector boson theory, we find the solution for the
monopole whose mass is , where is the
common gauge coupling constant and is the vacuum expectation value of the
triplet Higgs field, by using a variational method with the simplest set of
test functions.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figures, minor revisio
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